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CATALOGUE NR: 88765411669  (barcode: 887654116697)
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Josef Strauss  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: New Year's Concert 2013
TRACKS: Die Soubrette Polka schnell opus 109 (Josef Strauss). Kuss-Walzer opus 400 (Johann Strauss II). Theater-Quadrille opus 213 (Josef Strauss). Aus den Bergen Walzer opus 292 (Johann Strauss II). Leichte Kavallerie Overture (Franz von Suppe). Spharen-Klange Walzer opus 235 (Josef Strauss). Die Spinnerin Polka francaise opus 192 (Josef Strauss). Lohengrin Vorspiel zum Dritten Aufzug (Richard Wagner). Unter vier Augen Polka Mazur (Joseph Hellmesberger). Hesperusbahnen Walzer opus 279 (Josef Strauss). Galoppin Polka schnell opus 237 (Josef Strauss). Steyrische Tanze opus 165 (Joseph Lanner). Melodien-Quadrille opus 112 (Johann Strauss II). Don Carlo Prestissimo Balletmusik : 3 Akt (Verdi). Wo die Citronen bluh'n Walzer opus 364 (Johann Strauss II). Erinnerung an Ernst oder Der Carneval in Venedig Fantasie opus 126 (Johann Strauss I). Plappermaulchen Polka schnell opus 245 (Josef Strauss). New Year's Address - Franz Welser-Most. An der schonen blauen Donau Walzer opus 314 (Johann Strauss Johann II). Radetzky-Marsch opus 228 (Johann Strauss I).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Franz Welser-Most

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Region Code: 0 / Recorded: Vienna 1-Jan-2013 - May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: OABD7115D  (barcode: 0809478071150)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video Blu-ray  DURATION: 267 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.69
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck
TITLE: Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigenie en Tauride
TRACKS: Veronique Gens / Salome Haller / Nicolas Teste / Anne Sofie von Otter - Aulide. Mireille Delunsch / Laurent Alvaro / Jean-Francois Lapointe / Yann Beuron / Salome Haller - Tauride.
CONDUCTOR: Marc Minkowski
ARTISTS: Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: HD 16:9 - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players / Sound Format: 2.0 LPCM Stereo DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 267 minutes / Recorded: live at De Nederlandse Opera Sep-2011 / Subtitles: English French German Dutch Korean - May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: OA1099D  (barcode: 0809478010999)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: 2 DVD Video Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.69
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck
TITLE: Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigenie en Tauride
TRACKS: Veronique Gens / Salome Haller / Nicolas Teste / Anne Sofie von Otter - Aulide. Mireille Delunsch / Laurent Alvaro / Jean-Francois Lapointe / Yann Beuron / Salome Haller - Tauride.
CONDUCTOR: Marc Minkowski
ARTISTS: Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: 2.0 LPCM Stereo DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 267 minutes / Recorded: live at De Nederlandse Opera Sep-2011 / Subtitles: English French German Dutch Korean - May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2013 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Veronique Gen's Iphigenia is touching and beautifully sung.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ACC20217  (barcode: 4260234830330)
RECORD LABEL: Accentus Music
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 69 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TITLE: The Mature Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony Number 4 in E flat major 'Romantic' 1878/1880 Version.
ORCHESTRA: Staatskapelle Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 69 minutes / Recorded: live at Philharmonie Berlin on 20-Jun-2010 - May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 8572830  (barcode: 0747313283071)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Georges Onslow
TITLE: Cello Sonatas
TRACKS: Sonata in F major opus 16 Number 1. Sonata in C minor opus 16 Number 2. Sonata in A major opus 16 Number 3.
ARTISTS: Maria Kliegel   Nina Tichman    

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: MYR008  (barcode: 4260183510086)
RECORD LABEL: Myrios
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.79
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Sonatas for viola & piano volume 2
TRACKS: Sonata for Viola and Piano Number 1 in F minor opus 120/1 (BRAHMS). Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor D821 (SCHUBERT). Sonata in A major (FRANCK).
ARTISTS: Tabea Zimmermann   Kirill Gerstein    

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: LWC1036  (barcode: 7090020180373)
RECORD LABEL: Lawo Music
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.25
RELEASE DATE: 11-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: For Wind Octet
TRACKS: Parthia Es - major opus 103. Rondo Es - major WoO25. Symphony Number 7 opus 92.
ARTISTS: Oslo Kammerakademi      

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 8111397  (barcode: 0747313339723)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2012

COMPOSER: Sergei Rachmaninov  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Solo Piano Recordings volume 3
TRACKS: RACHMANINOV COMPOSITIONS - Polka de VR Etude-Tableau in A minor opus 39/6. Prelude in C sharp minor opus 3/2. Serenade in B flat minor opus 3/5. Prelude in G flat opus 23/10. Prelude in E opus 32/3. Prelude in F opus 32/7. Prelude in F minor opus 32/6. Etude-Tableau in C opus 33/2. Etude-Tableau in E flat opus 33/7. Moment musical in E flat minor opus 16/2. Oriental Sketch. Melodie in E opus 3/3. Humoresque in G opus 10/5. Daisies opus 38/3. Lilacs opus 21/5. RACHMANINOV ARRANGEMENTS - Partita Number 3 in E BWV1006 : Preludio Gavotte and Gigue (JS BACH). Scherzo - A Midsummer Night's Dream (MENDELSSOHN). Das Wandern - Die schone Mullerin (SCHUBERT). Gopak - Sorochintsky Fair (MUSSORGSKY). The Flight of the Bumblebee (RIMSKY-KORSAKOV). Lullaby opus 16/1 (TCHAIKOVSKY). Liebesfreud - 2 recordings (KREISLER).
ARTISTS: Sergei Rachmaninov      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Ward Marston producer and audio restoration engineer - Victor Recordings 1925-1942 - May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: AP043  (barcode: 3149028024425)
RECORD LABEL: Aparte
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.99
RELEASE DATE: 05-Nov-2012

COMPOSER: Jacques Duphly
TITLE: Works for harpsichord
TRACKS: La Forqueray. Chaconne en fa. Medee. Allemande en do mineur. Courante la Boucon. Rondeau en do.. La Millettina. Rondeau la Pothouin. La Victoire. Rondeau en re mineur. La Damanzy. La Cazamajor. La Felix. La de Vatre. Allemande en re mineur. Courante en re mineur. Les Graces. La Vanlo. Rondeau. La Tribolet. La du Buq. La D'Hericourt. La de Guyon. La de Drummond. La Lanza. Les Colombes. La de Chamlay.
ARTISTS: Christophe Rousset      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: harpsichord Christian Kroll 1776 - May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10762  (barcode: 0095115176221)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Sonata for Violin and Piano Number 1 in G opus 78 (Johannes Brahms). Sonata for Violin and Piano Number 1 in A minor opus 105 (Robert Schumann). Three Romances for Violin and Piano opus 22 (Clara Schumann).
ARTISTS: Jennifer Pike   Tom Poster    

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10757  (barcode: 0095115175729)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 25-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms
TITLE: Works for Solo Piano volume 2
TRACKS: Rhapsody in E flat opus 119 number 4. Intermezzo in B flat minor opus 117 number 2. Intermezzo in A minor opus 116 number 2. Intermezzo in E opus 116 number 6. Ballade in G minor opus 118 number 3. Ballade in D opus 10 number 2. Ballade in B minor opus 10 number 3 'Intermezzo'. Sonata for Piano number 3 in F minor opus 5.
ARTISTS: Barry Douglas      

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: DCD34125  (barcode: 801918341250)
RECORD LABEL: Delphian
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Suites for solo cello
TRACKS: Suite for Solo Cello Number 1 opus 72. Suite for Solo Cello Number 2 opus 80. Suite for Solo Cello Number 3 opus 87.
ARTISTS: Philip Higham      

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2013 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'There is no doubting the plain virtuosity of these works and despite his appreciation of their contextual importance, Higham still manages to revel in the glorious sound they invite the cello to make.'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU907578  (barcode: 093046757823)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 11-Mar-2013

COMPOSER: Olivier Messiaen  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Edge of Light
TRACKS: Preludes - solo piano. Piece pour Piano et Cordes (Messiaen). Ballade - solo piano. Prelude - solo piano. Je sens un deuxieme coeur - piano trio (Saariaho).
ARTISTS: Gloria Cheng   Calder Quartet    

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: ACD22532  (barcode: 0722056253222)
RECORD LABEL: Atma Classique
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.85
RELEASE DATE: 08-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TRACKS: Piano Concerto Number 13 in C major K415. Piano Concerto Number 14 in E-flat major K449. Variations on 'Ah vous dirai-je maman ' K265. Serenade Number 13 in G major Eine kleine Nachtmusik K525.
ARTISTS: Janina Fialkowska   Chamber Players of Canada    

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CKD421  (barcode: 0691062042123)
RECORD LABEL: Linn
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.65
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RELEASE DATE: 06-May-2013

COMPOSER: Hector Berlioz
TITLE: Les nuits d'ete
TRACKS: Les nuits d'ete opus 7 : Villanelle / Le spectre de la rose / Sur les lagunes / Absence / Au cimetiere / L'ile inconnue. Romeo & Juliette : Scene d'amour. La Mort de Cleopatre : Scene lyrique / Meditation.
ORCHESTRA: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Robin Ticciati
ARTISTS: Karen Cargill      

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4791180  (barcode: 0028947911807)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Henri Dutilleux
TITLE: Correspondances
TRACKS: Correspondances for Soprano and Orchestra : Danse cosmique Interlude / A Slava et Galina / Gong / Gong 2 / De Vincent a Theo. Tout un monde lointain for Cello and Orchestra : Enigme - Tres libre et flexible / Regard - Extremement calme / Houles - Large et ample / Miroirs - Lent et extatique / Hymne - Allegro. The Shadows of Time for Orchestra : Les heures / Ariel malefique / Memoire de sombres Interlude / Vagues de lumieres / Dominante bleue.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
CONDUCTOR: Esa Pekka Salonen
ARTISTS: Barbara Hannigan      

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2013 IRR Outstanding Recording 'The recorded sound has a combination of clarity and perspective which is almost ideal for music as densely intricate as this.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4791116  (barcode: 0028947911166)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon First Choice
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50
RELEASE DATE: 18-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: French Opera Arias
TRACKS: La Fille du regiment (Donizatti). Manon (Massenet). Romeo et Juliette, 'Romeo and Juliet' - Je veux vivre; Dieu quel frisson court dans mes veines (Gounod). Beatrice et Benedict - Je vais le voir (Berlioz). Mignon. Hamlet (Thomas). Belle Lurette On s'amuse, on applaudit (Offenbach). Louise - Depuis le jour (Charpentier).
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille
CONDUCTOR: Myung-Whun Chung
ARTISTS: Kathleen Battle      

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4645452  (barcode: 5099946454522)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 63 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 04-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Antonio Caldara  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Venezia
TRACKS: Adriano in Siria : Barbaro non comprendo (Caldara). La costanza combattuta in amore : Mormorando quelle fronde (Porta). A' piedi miei svenato (Vivaldi). Flavio Anicio Olibrio : Dolce mio ben mia vita (Gasparini). Anche in mezzo a perigliosa (Vivaldi). Merope : Sposa... non mi conosci (Giacomelli). Argippo : Io son rea dell'onor mio (Vivaldi). Il nascimento de l'Aurora : Pianta bella pianta amata (Albinoni). La verita in cimento : Mi vuoi tradir lo so (Vivaldi). Motezuma : Quel rossor che in volto miri (Vivaldi). Nitocri : Anche un misero arboscello (Sellitto).
ORCHESTRA: Orquestra Barocca de Sevilla
CONDUCTOR: George Petrou
ARTISTS: Max Emanuel Cencic      

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4785189  (barcode: 0028947851899)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 11-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
TITLE: Wagner
TRACKS: Die Walkure : Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater. Siegfried : Dass der mein Vater nicht ist... Du holdes Voglein!. Rienzi : Allmacht'ger Vater blick herab. Tannhauser : Inbrunst im Herzen. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg : Am stillen Herd. Lohengrin : In fernem Land unnahbar euren Schritten. Wesendonck : Der Engel Wagner / Stehe still / Im Treibhaus / Schmerzen / Traume.
ORCHESTRA: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Donald Runnicles
ARTISTS: Jonas Kaufmann      

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2013 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Mighty tents are already pitched on this summit of early Wagnerian arioso but Kaufmann and Runnicles are up there with them.' - Apr-2013 IRR Outstanding Recording 'This is dramatic singing of the highest order, Kaufmann asserts his position not only as the outstanding Wagner tenor of his day but one of the greatest of all time.'

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CATALOGUE NR: MAR0527  (barcode: 822231852728)
RECORD LABEL: Mariinsky
FORMAT: Hybrid 4 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 33.95
RELEASE DATE: 11-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
TITLE: Die Walkure - complete
ORCHESTRA: Mariinsky Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Anja Kampe   Nina Stemme   Jonas Kaufmann   Rene Pape

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4785155  (barcode: 0028947851554)
RECORD LABEL: Decca Virtuoso
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 69 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.99
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TRACKS: In the South - Alassio - Concert Overture opus 50. Symphony Number 1 in A flat opus 55.
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Georg Solti

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4784585  (barcode: 0028947845850)
RECORD LABEL: Double Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 149 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.85
RELEASE DATE: 08-Oct-2012

COMPOSER: Aaron Copland
TITLE: Ballets
TRACKS: CD1: BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / DAVID ZINMAN - Rodeo : Buckaroo Holiday / Corral Nocturne / Saturday Night Waltz / Hoe-Down. El salon Mexico. Danzon cubano. Billy the Kid - complete ballet : Introduction: The open Prairie / Street in a Frontier Town / Mexican Dance and Finale / Prairie Night - Card game at night / Gun Battle / Celebration - Billy in prison - Waltz / Billy's Death / The open Prairie again. CD2: DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / ANTAL DORATI - Fanfare for the Common Man. CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA / OLIVER KNUSSEN - Grohg - Ballet in one act : Intro and Cortege - Entrance of Grohg / Dance of the Adolescent / Dance of the Opium-eater - Visions of Jazz / Dance of the Street-walker / Grohg imagines the Dead are mocking him / Illumination and disappearance of Grohg. LONDON SINFONIETTA / OLIVER KNUSSEN - Prelude for Chamber Orchestra. Hear Ye! Hear Ye! - Ballet in One Act version for small orchestra : Scene I - Prelude / Scenes II-IV - The Courtroom Dance / Scene V - The Night - club Hostess sworn in / Scene VI - The Chorus Girls' first dance / Scene VII - First Pas-de-deux / Scene VIII - Pas-de-deux continued first murder / Scene IX-X - The Courtroom The Honeymoon Couple / Scene XI - The Chorus Girls dance with doves / Scene XII - Second Pas-de-deux and murder / Scene XIII-XIV - The Courtroom the Waiter sworn in / Scene XV - The Chorus Girls' third dance / Scene XVI - Third Pas-de-deux and murder / Scene XVII-XVIII - The Verdict the Courtroom.
ORCHESTRA: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: David Zinman and Oliver Knussen

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 7236112  (barcode: 5099972361122)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 08-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Igor Stravinsky
TITLE: Le Sacre du Printemps
TRACKS: The Rite of Spring. Symphonies of Wind Instruments. Apollon Musagete.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67960  (barcode: 0034571179605)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 55 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
TRACKS: Don Quixote opus 35. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche opus 28.
ORCHESTRA: Gurzenich Orchestra of Cologne
CONDUCTOR: Markus Stenz
ARTISTS: Lawrence Power   Alban Gerhardt    

- May-2013 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2794579  (barcode: 602527945798)
RECORD LABEL: ECM
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.49
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

TITLE: The Sirens
TRACKS: Wine Dark Sea. Wayfinder. Dawn - With Her Rosy Fingers. The Sirens. Penelope. Kalypso. Nausikaa. Stranger At The Gate. The Shades.
ARTISTS: Chris Potter      

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2001818  (barcode: 0880242018182)
RECORD LABEL: Euroarts
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.39
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: Don Pasquale - My Favourite Opera
ORCHESTRA: Sinfonietta de Varsovie
CONDUCTOR: Gabriele Ferro
ARTISTS: Barbara Hendricks   Gabriel Bacquier   Gino Quilico   Luca Canonici

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 55 minutes / Languages: English German French Italian / Recorded: 1991 / Subtitles: English / Booklet notes: English German French - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: OA1086D  (barcode: 809478010869)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 80 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Oct-2012

COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini
TITLE: An Evening With The Royal Opera
TRACKS: The Barber of Seville Overture. La Traviata Brindisi (duet/chorus Renee Fleming & Joseph Calleja). Don Giovanni Deh vienni (Miah Persson). Carmen Flower Song (Jonas Kaufmann). Le nozze di Figaro Non piu andrai (Erwin Schrott). La boheme O soave fanciulla (duet Teodor Illincai & Hibla Gerzmava). Dido and Aeneas Dido's lament (Sarah Connolly). Don Giovanni La ci darem la mano (Simon Keenlyside & Miah Persson). Il Trovatore Di quella pira (Jose Cura). Hansel and Gretel Evening Hymn (duet Dianne Damrau & Angelika Kirschlager). La boheme Musetta's Waltz Song & Conclusion (Inna Duka). Macbeth Patria oppressa (ROH chorus). Gianni Schicchi O mio babbino caro (Ekaterina Siurina). Die Zauberflote Die holle Rache (Diana Damrau). La Traviata Parigi o cara (duet Renee Fleming & Joseph Calleja). Die Zauberflote Pa-pa-pa-pa (duet Simon Keenlyside & Ailish Tynan). Falstaff Finale fugue (Bryn Terfel)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: LPCM 2.0 DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 80 minutes / Recorded: live from the Royal Opera House London / Subtitles: English German French Spanish Japanese - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 711804  (barcode: 814337011185)
RECORD LABEL: C Major Entertainment
FORMAT: DVD Video Blu-ray  DURATION: 107 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.69
RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2012

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Solti - Journey of a lifetime
TRACKS: Celebrating the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti. Bonus concert (from 1977): Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Georg Solti - Symphony Number 1 (SHOSTAKOVICH). Symphony in D major Opus 25 (PROKOFIEV). Prelude to Chowanstschina (MUSSORGSKY).
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georg Solti

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 HD - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 52 minutes documentary 55 minutes bonus material / Booklet: English German French / Subtitles: English spoken version German spoken version Subtitles: French Spanish Korean - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 711708  (barcode: 814337011178)
RECORD LABEL: C Major Entertainment
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 107 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2012

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Solti - Journey of a lifetime
TRACKS: Celebrating the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti. Bonus concert (from 1977): Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Georg Solti - Symphony Number 1 (SHOSTAKOVICH). Symphony in D major Opus 25 (PROKOFIEV). Prelude to Chowanstschina (MUSSORGSKY).
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georg Solti

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 HD / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 52 minutes documentary 55 minutes bonus material / Booklet: English German French / Subtitles: English spoken version German spoken version Subtitles: French Spanish Korean - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 101662  (barcode: 0807280166293)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 59 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

TITLE: Maestro or Mephisto
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Placido Domingo   Angela Gheorghiu   Kiri Te Kanawa   Murray Perahia

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 59 minutes / Recorded: A Film by Andy King-Dabbs / Subtitles: English - original language German French Spanish Japanese - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 8226557  (barcode: 0636943655726)
RECORD LABEL: dacapo
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 25-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Niels Rosing Schow
TRACKS: Peinture du temps - Painting Time. I giardini dietro la citta - The Gardens behind the City. Vocabulary II. Spectre du temps - Spectre of Time. Empreintes du temps - Imprints of Time. Peinture du temps - Painting of Time.
ARTISTS: TM+      

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RECORD LABEL: Claudio
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jul-2012

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Mami Shikimori
TRACKS: Rondo in A minor K511 (Mozart). Sonata for Piano Number 3 in F minor opus 5 (Brahms). La Valse - version for piano solo (Ravel).
ARTISTS: Mami Shikimori      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: mastered in HD from high quality original sources - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: MIR167  (barcode: 3760127221678)
RECORD LABEL: Mirare
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 08-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Via Crucis S53
TRACKS: Pater noster. Christus factus est. Weinen Klagen Sorgen Zagen S179. Hymne gregorienne Vexilla regis.
CONDUCTOR: Jaan-Eik Tulve
ARTISTS: Vox Clamantis   Jean Claude Pennetier    

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CATALOGUE NR: 4764984  (barcode: 028947649847)
RECORD LABEL: ECM New Series
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.49
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Eleni Karaindrou
TITLE: Concert in Athens
TRACKS: Death of a Salesman: Requiem for Willy Loman - tenor saxophone piano strings. Eternity and a Day: Eternity Theme - piano. Closed Roads. Number Ten: Waiting - piano accordion harp. Voyage to Cythera: Voyage - oboe string orchestra. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf: Invocation - tenor saxophone string orchestra. Number Ten: Tango of Love - violin accordion string orchestra. The Glass Menagerie: Tom's Theme - tenor saxophone string orchestra. The Glass Menagerie: Laura's Waltz - viola tenor saxophone accordion mandolin string orchestra. Landscape in the Mist: Adagio - viola tenor saxophone oboe string orchestra. After Memory - viola tenor saxophone oboe. The Beekeeper: Farewell Theme - tenor saxophone piano string orchestra. Dust of Time: Seeking Theme - flute oboe clarinet bassoon french horn trumpet string orchestra. Number Ten: Nostalgia Song - piano accordion flute mandolin harp string orchestra. Number Ten: Waltz of the Rain - accordion flute mandolin harp violin string orchestra. Adagio for Saxophone - tenor saxophone string orchestra. Ulysses' Gaze: Dance - viola oboe french horn accordion string orchestra. Death of a Salesman: Requiem for Willy Loman var - tenor saxophone piano string orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Alexandros Myrat
ARTISTS: Kim Kashkashian   Jan Garbarek   Vangelis Christopoulos   Eleni Karaindrou

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FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony Number 4 in E minor opus 98 (Brahms). Symphony Number 4 in A opus 90 Italian (Mendelssohn).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Adrian Boult

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in stereo Royal Albert Hall London 8-Aug-1975 and 29-Jul-1972 - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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RECORD LABEL: Toccata Classics
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 71 minutes
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RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Charles Alkan
TITLE: Complete Recueils de Chants volume 1
TRACKS: Premier recueil de chants opus 38. Deuxieme recueil de chants opus 38. Troisieme recueil de chants opus 65. Une fusee: Introduction et Impromptu opus 55.
ARTISTS: Stephanie McCallum      

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RECORD LABEL: Decca Virtuoso
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Liebestraum
ARTISTS: Jorge Bolet      

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RECORD LABEL: Apex
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 04-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Isaac Albeniz
TRACKS: Iberia Books 1 & 2. Espana opus 165.
ARTISTS: Daniel Barenboim      

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FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 11-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Erik Satie  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Satie & Compagnie
TRACKS: Gnossiennes 1-6. Le Piccadilly. Gymnopedies 1-3. Valse du mysterieux baiser dans l'oeil. Cancan. grand-mondain - La Belle Excentrique. Embryons desseches - d'Holothurie. Trois morceaux en forme de poire I-II (SATIE). Ou l'on entend une vieille boite a musique - En vacances (Deodat de SEVERAC). Pastourelle - L'eventail de Jeanne (POULENC). Reverie. Le Petit Negre (DEBUSSY). Fanfare. a la maniere de Chabrier. Clair de lune (RAVEL). Nonchalante - extrait de Au parc Monceau (Pierre-Octave FERROUD). Le banc songeur - Le Rossignol Eperdu. Frontispice. Hivernale (HAHN). Apres-midi de dimanche - Les Heures dolentes (Gabriel DUPONT). Le Chant des Pecheurs - Paysages et Marines (KOECHLIN). Glas - Musiques intimes 2e recueil (Florent SCHMITT).
ARTISTS: Anne Queffelec   Gaspard Dehaene    

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RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Sergei Prokofiev
TITLE: The War Sonatas
TRACKS: Sonata for Piano Number 6 in A opus 82. Sonata for Piano Number 7 in B flat opus 83. Sonata for Piano Number 8 in B flat opus 84.
ARTISTS: Denis Kozhukhin      

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RELEASE DATE: 02-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Piano Sonatas
TRACKS: Piano Sonata Number 10 in C major K330. Piano Sonata Number 11 in A major K331. Piano Sonata Number 12 in F major K332.
ARTISTS: Noriko Ogawa      

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RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 04-Mar-2013

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Variations
TRACKS: Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-flat opus 35 Eroica Variations (Beethoven). Variations In F Minor Sonata HobXVII:6 (Haydn). Symphonic Studies Etudes symphoniques opus 13 (Schumann).
ARTISTS: Emanuel Ax      

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CATALOGUE NR: 8112073  (barcode: 0636943207376)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2012

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Jascha Heifetz Encores volume 2
TRACKS: Menuet (MOZART). The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (DEBUSSY). Holzapfel und Schlehwein (KORNGOLD). Romanza andaluza (SARASATE). Rondo (SCHUBERT). Sweet Remembrance (MENDELSSOHN). Jota (FALLA). Garden Scene (KORNGOLD). Mouvement perpetuel (TANSMAN). Cantilena asturiana (NIN). Corcovado (MILHAUD). Mediterranean (BAX). Danza de la Gitana (E HALFFTER). Il pleure dans mon Coeur (DEBUSSY). Tango (POLDOWSKI). Gavottes I and II (JS BACH). Folk Dance (BEETHOVEN). Scherzo (MENDELSSOHN). Nocturne Number 19 opus 72/1 (CHOPIN). Tempo di valse (ARENSKY). Sea Murmurs (CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO). Flight of the Bumble-Bee (RIMSKY-KORSAKOV).
ARTISTS: Jascha Heifetz   Emanuel Bay    

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RECORD LABEL: Hyperion Helios
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 63 minutes
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RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Alexander Gretchaninov
TITLE: Piano Trios
TRACKS: Piano Trio Number 1 in C minor opus 38. Cello Sonata in E minor opus 113. Piano Trio Number 2 in G minor opus 128.
ARTISTS: Moscow Rachmaninov Trio      

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RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 74 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Hans Krasa  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Brundibar
TRACKS: Suite from Brundibar (Hans Krasa arr. David Matthews). String Quartet No 3 opus 46 (Viktor Ullmann). String Trio (Gideon Klein). String Quartet Number 2 'From the Monkey Mountains' opus 7 (Pavel Haas).
ARTISTS: Nash Ensemble      

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FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 25-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Joseph Horovitz  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: British Clarinet Sonatas volume 2
TRACKS: Sonatina (Joseph Horovitz). Tributes (Edward Gregson). Le Tombeau de Ravel (Arthur Benjamin). Sonatina opus 29 (Malcolm Arnold). Sonata (Arnold Cooke).
ARTISTS: Michael Collins   Michael McHale    

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FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 18-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: Cyprise Cypresses B152. String Quartet Number 13 in G opus 106 B192.
ARTISTS: Cypress String Quartet      

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FORMAT: Hybrid 2 SACD Set
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RELEASE DATE: 18-Mar-2013

COMPOSER: Arcangelo Corelli
TITLE: Opus 5: Violin Sonatas
TRACKS: Sonata in D Major Number 1. Sonata in B-flat Major Number 2. Sonata in C Major Number 3. Sonata in F Major Number 4. Sonata in G minor Number 5. Sonata in A Major Number 6. Sonata in D minor Number 7. Sonata in E minor Number 8. Sonata in A Major Number 9. Sonata in F Major Number 10. Sonata in E Major Number 11. Sonata in D minor Number 12 'Folia'.
ARTISTS: Avison Ensemble   Pavlo Beznosiuk    

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RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: String Quartet Number 3 in B flat opus 67 (Brahms). Verklarte Nacht opus 4 (Schonberg).
ARTISTS: Ysaye Quartet   Isabel Charisius   Valentin Erben  

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FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 09-Nov-2012

COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: String Qtet No.63 Lerchenquartet/String Qtet No.2
TRACKS: String Quartet in D Number 63 opus 64 Number 3 HobIII:63 'Lerchenquartett' (Haydn). String Quartet Number 2 in A minor opus 51/2 (Brahms).
ARTISTS: Danish String Quartet      

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FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 73 minutes
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RELEASE DATE: 29-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Giovanni Palestrina
TRACKS: Missa De Beata Virgine. Missa Ave Maria.
CONDUCTOR: James O'Donnell
ARTISTS: Westminster Cathedral Choir      

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FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 11-Mar-2013

COMPOSER: Tomas Luis de Victoria  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Music for Good Friday
TRACKS: Music for Good Friday (VICTORIA). Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem. O vos omnes. Popule meus (PUJOL).
ARTISTS: La Colombina   Maria Cristina Kiehr   Claudio Cavina   Josep Benet

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RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Giovanni Palestrina
TITLE: Palestrina volume 3
TRACKS: Stabat Mater a 8. Regina caeli a 8. Hymn: Ad caenam agni providi. Missa Regina caeli. Offertories for the Easter period : Confitebor tibi Domine / Terra tremuit / Improperium exspectavit cor meum. Song of Songs : Number 4-No.6: Vineam meam non custodivi / Si ignores te O pulchra inter mulieres / Pulchrae sunt genae tuae.
CONDUCTOR: Harry Christophers
ARTISTS: The Sixteen      

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FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 70 minutes
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RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Giovanni Palestrina
TITLE: Missa Ad coenam Agni
TRACKS: Missa Ad coenam Agni 5vv. Surrexit pastor bonus 8vv. Regina caeli I 8vv. Haec dies 6vv. Alleluia - Tulerunt Dominum 5vv. Five Eastertide Offertories : Terra tremuit 5vv / Angelus Domini II 5vv / Deus Deus meus 5vv / Lauda anima mea 5vv / Benedicite gentes 5vv / Ad coenam Agni providi 4vv.
CONDUCTOR: Stephen Rice
ARTISTS: Brabant Ensemble      

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RELEASE DATE: 11-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Carlo Gesualdo di Venosa
TRACKS: Sacrae Cantiones. Liber Secundus a6 e a7 1603.
CONDUCTOR: James Wood
ARTISTS: Vocalconsort Berlin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: reconstructed by James Wood - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 03-Dec-2012

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TITLE: Go song of mine
TRACKS: Go song of mine op.57. As torrents in summer from Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf op.30. O salutaris hostia. My love dwelt in a northern land op.18 No.3. Ave verum corpus op.2 No.1. I sing the birth. Love op.18 No.2. The Prince of Sleep. Four Choral Songs op.53. O Hearken Thou op.64. Ave Maria op.2 No.2. Ave Maris Stella op.2 No.3.
CONDUCTOR: Ralph Allwood
ARTISTS: Rodolfus Choir      

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FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
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RELEASE DATE: 02-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: Cantatas volume 52
TRACKS: Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme BWV140. Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt BWV112. Wir danken dir Gott wir danken dir BWV29.
CONDUCTOR: Masaaki Suzuki
ARTISTS: Bach Collegium Japan   Hana Blazikova   Robin Blaze   Gerd Turk

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CATALOGUE NR: 4791096  (barcode: 0028947910961)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 74 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 12-Nov-2012

COMPOSER: Agustin Lara
TITLE: Forever Domingo
TRACKS: Placido Domingo / London Symphony Orchestra / Marcel Peeters - Granada - Fantasia Espanola (Agustin Lara arr. Peeters). Placido Domingo / London Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Loges - Be My Love (Nikolaus Brodszky arr. Ebbinghouse). Placido Domingo / London Symphony Orchestra / Marcel Peeters - Core 'ngrato (Salvatore Cardillo arr. Peeters). Mattinata (Ruggiero Leoncavallo arr. Peeters). Placido Domingo / London Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Loges - Because (Guy d' Hardelot arr. Bernard Ebbinghouse). Siboney (Ernesto Lecuona arr. Ebbinghouse). Non ti scordar di me (Ernesto de Curtis arr. Engelen). Amapola (Joseph Maria Lacalle arr. Engelen). Mucho mucho - (Munequita Linda (Maria Grever arr. Loges). Ay Ay Ay (Osman Perez Freire arr. Loges). Placido Domingo / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Roberto Benaglio - Turandot : Nessun dorma (Giacomo Puccini). Placido Domingo / Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli - Tosca : Recondita armonia / E lucevan le stelle (Giacomo Puccini). Placido Domingo / Sherrill Milnes / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden / Zubin Mehta / Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden - La Fanciulla del West : Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano Giacomo Puccini). Placido Domingo / Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli - Manon Lescaut : Donna non vidi mai - Des Grieux Giacomo Puccini). Placido Domingo / Los Angeles Philharmonic / Carlo Maria Giulini - L'elisir d'amore : Una furtiva lagrima (Gaetano Donizetti). Placido Domingo / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Claudio Abbado - Aida : Se quel guerrier io fossi!... Celeste Aida (Giuseppe Verdi). Placido Domingo / London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado - Carmen : La fleur que tu m'avais jetee - Don Jose (Georges Bizet). Placido Domingo / Nicolai Ghiaurov / Piero Cappuccilli / Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlo Maria Giulini - Rigoletto : La donna e mobile (Giuseppe Verdi). Placido Domingo / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado - Il barbiere di Siviglia : Number 2 Cavatina: Largo al factotum (Gioacchino Rossini). Rosalind Plowright / Placido Domingo / Walter Gullino / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Carlo Maria Giulini / Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia / Norbert Balatsch - Il Trovatore : Di quella pira (Giuseppe Verdi). Placido Domingo / London Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Loges - Das Land des Lachelns : Dein ist mein ganzes Herz! - You are my heart's delight (Franz Lehar arr. Karl-Heinz Loges).
ARTISTS: Placido Domingo      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4791168  (barcode: 0028947911685)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 121 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 11-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: The Art of Verdi
TRACKS: CD1: Rigoletto : La donna e mobile. Aida : Se quel guerrier io fossi!..Celeste Aida. Il Trovatore : Di quella pira. Un ballo in maschera : Forse la soglia attinse - Ma se m'e forza perderti. Alzira : Un Inca! - Dio della guerra. Ernani : Merce diletti amici...Come rugiada al cespite. Luisa Miller : Oh! fede negar potessi - Quando le sere. Otello : Esultate! / Dio! mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali / Cassio e la!. I due Foscari : Dal piu remoto... Odio solo. Macbeth : O figli O figli miei...Ah la paterna mano. Don Carlo : Fontainebleau! Foresta immensa e solitaria!. Rigoletto : Ella mi fu rapita -Parmi veder le lagrime. La traviata : Lunge da lei - De' miei bollenti spiriti. CD2: La traviata : Libiamo ne'lieti calici - Brindisi / Un di felice eterea. Un ballo in maschera : Di'tu se fedele. Rigoletto : Questa o quella - Ballata - Duca. La forza del destino - Original St Petersburg version : Qual sangue sparst! Orore!. Nabucco : Che si vuol? / Il maledetto non ha fratelli. Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio : Ciel che feci!... di qual sangue.... Ernani : Dell'esilio nel dolore. I Lombardi : Cavatina: La mia letizia infondere - Come poteva un angelo. Il Corsaro : Eccomi prigionero!. Otello : Gia nella notte densa - Love Duet / Si pel ciel marmoreo giuro! / Niun mi tema. Falstaff : Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola. Messa da Requiem : Ingemisco.
ARTISTS: Placido Domingo      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4790077  (barcode: 0028947900771)
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 62 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 18-Mar-2013

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Enchanted Forest
TRACKS: La Fida Ninfa : Alma oppressa (Antonio Vivaldi). Giova in Argo : Combattuta de due venti (George Frideric Handel). The Fairy Queen : Hornpipe In D Minor (Henry Purcell). Raise The Voice Z334 : Mark How Readily Each Pliant String (Henry Purcell). Apollo e Dafne HWV122 : Felicissima quest'alma / Come in ciel benigna stella (George Frideric Handel). Timon of Athens : Curtain Tune on a Ground (Henry Purcell). Rinaldo : Furie Terribili. Alcina : Tornami a vagheggiar (George Frideric Handel). The Fairy Queen : Hornpipe In G Minor / Epithalamium - Thrice happy Lovers / O Let Me Forever Weep / See even Night herself is here (Henry Purcell). La Calisto : Restino imbalsamate. Gli Amori d'Apollo e di Dafne : O Piu d'ogni Ricchezza (Francesco Cavalli).
ARTISTS: Anna Prohaska   Arcangelo    

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RECORD LABEL: Pentatone
FORMAT: Hybrid 3 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 33.95
RELEASE DATE: 11-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
TITLE: Tannhauser - complete
ORCHESTRA: Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Marek Janowski
ARTISTS: Albert Dohmen   Robert Dean Smith   Christian Gerhaher   Nina Stemme

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CATALOGUE NR: 4784606  (barcode: 0028947846062)
RECORD LABEL: Double Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 157 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.85
RELEASE DATE: 08-Oct-2012

COMPOSER: Sir William Walton
TITLE: Concertos and Symphonies
TRACKS: JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER / ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS / NEVILLE MARRINER - Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra. BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / ANDREW LITTON - Symphony Number 1 in B flat minor. KYUNG WHA CHUNG / LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / ANDRE PREVIN - Concerto for Violin & Orchestra. PAUL NEUBAUER / BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / ANDREW LITTON - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra - revised version 1961. BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / ANDREW LITTON - Symphony Number 2.
ORCHESTRA: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Academy of St Martin in the Fields
CONDUCTOR: Andrew Litton and Neville Marriner
ARTISTS: Kyung Wha Chung   Julian Lloyd-Webber   Paul Neubauer  

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CATALOGUE NR: 4785156  (barcode: 0028947851561)
RECORD LABEL: Decca Virtuoso
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 81 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.99
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Ferde Grofe  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Billy the Kid
TRACKS: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Antal Dorati - Grand Canyon Suite : Sunrise / The Painted Desert / On the Trail / Sunset / Cloudburst (Ferde Grofe). Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / David Zinman - Billy the Kid - complete ballet : Introduction: The open Prairie / Street in a Frontier Town / Mexican Dance and Finale / Prairie Night - Card game at night / Gun Battle / Celebration - Billy in prison - Waltz / Billy's Death / The open Prairie again. El salon Mexico (Aaron Copland).
ORCHESTRA: Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Antal Dorati and David Zinman

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 8572873  (barcode: 0747313287376)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Mieczyslaw Weinberg
TRACKS: Symphony Number 8 'Polish Flowers' opus 83.
ORCHESTRA: Warsaw Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Antoni Wit
ARTISTS: Rafal Bartminski   Ewa Marciniec   Magdalena Dobrowolska  

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4791075  (barcode: 0028947910756)
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 75 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 04-Mar-2013

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi
TITLE: Vivaldi Con Moto
TRACKS: Concerto For Violin And Strings In E Minor RV281. Concerto For Violin And Strings In C Major - First Version RV187. Concerto For Violin And Strings In D Major RV232. Concerto For Violin And Strings In F Major RV283. Concerto For Violin And Strings In E Flat Major RV254. Concerto For Violin And Strings In D Minor RV243.
ORCHESTRA: Accademia Bizantina
CONDUCTOR: Ottavio Dantone
ARTISTS: Giuliano Carmignola      

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: V5192  (barcode: 822186051924)
RECORD LABEL: Naive
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Igor Stravinsky
TRACKS: CD: The Firebird. The Rite of Spring. DVD: Rite of Spring.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
CONDUCTOR: Tugan Sokhiev

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: LSO0722  (barcode: 822231172222)
RECORD LABEL: LSO Live
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 11-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Carl Nielsen
TRACKS: Symphony Number 2 FS29 opus 16 'The Four Temperaments'. Symphony Number 3 FS60 opus 27 'Sinfonia espansiva'.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Colin Davis
ARTISTS: Lucy Hall   Marcus Farnsworth    

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 8573034  (barcode: 0747313303472)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: E J Moeran
TRACKS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Serenade in G - original version 1948. Lonely Waters. Whythorne's Shadow.
ORCHESTRA: Ulster Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: JoAnn Falletta
ARTISTS: Guy Johnston      

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 8572633  (barcode: 0747313263370)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 25-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Ivan Karabits  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Concertos for Orchestra
TRACKS: Concerto for Orchestra number 1 'Musical Gift to Kiev'. Concerto for Orchestra number 2. Concerto for Orchestra number 3 'Lamentations' (Karabits). Elegie. Abschiedsserenade (Silvestrov).
ORCHESTRA: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kirill Karabits

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67925  (barcode: 0034571179254)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 61 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn
TITLE: Piano Concertos
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D HobXVIII:11. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F HobXVIII:3. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G HobXVIII:4.
CONDUCTOR: Bernard Labadie
ARTISTS: Marc-Andre Hamelin   Les Violins du Roy    

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2013 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'In the early F major Concerto, Marc-Andre Hamelin weaves an enchanting spell, approaching an almost Mozartian pathos.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDLX7296  (barcode: 765387729622)
RECORD LABEL: Epoch
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.50
RELEASE DATE: 05-Nov-2012

COMPOSER: Havergal Brian
TITLE: Symphony No.13
TRACKS: The Tinker's Wedding: Comedy Overture. Violin Concerto in C major. Symphony Number 13 in C major. English Suite Number 4 Kindergarten.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Martyn Brabbins
ARTISTS: Lorraine McAslan      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded RSNO Centre Henry Wood Hall Glasgow 31-May-2012 & 1-Jun-2012 - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: LPO0068  (barcode: 0854990001680)
RECORD LABEL: LPO
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 84 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2012

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms
TRACKS: Symphony Number 1 in C minor opus 68. Symphony Number 3 in F opus 90.
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Klaus Tennstedt

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: eecorded at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall London 14-Oct-1992 No.1 and No.3 recorded by BBC Radio 3 7-Apr-1983 - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2013 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The account of the Third Symphony is quite wonderful, the finest live account to be preserved on disc since Furtwangler's celebrated 1949 Berlin performance.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ICAC5090  (barcode: 5060244550902)
RECORD LABEL: ICA Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.49
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Klaus Tennstedt
TRACKS: Symphony Number 1 in C minor opus 68 (Brahms). Symphony Number 4 H305 (Bohuslav Martinu).
ORCHESTRA: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
CONDUCTOR: Klaus Tennstedt

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in stereo Stadttheater Goppingen 24-Sep-1976 / Funkstudio Villa Berg Des SDR Stuttgart 26-Apr-1973 - May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: BIS1827  (barcode: 7318599918273)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jan-2013

COMPOSER: Samuel Barber
TRACKS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra opus 22. Sonata for Cello and Piano opus 6. Adagio for strings opus 11.
ORCHESTRA: Bergen Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Andrew Litton
ARTISTS: Christian Poltera   Kathryn Stott    

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2013 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Poltera is outstanding and invariably well supported by the Bergen players under Litton.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHSA5116  (barcode: 0095115511626)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 25-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Kurt Atterberg
TRACKS: En varmlandsrapsodi. Symphony number 6 'Dollar Symphony'. Symphony number 4 'Sinfonia piccola. Suite number 3.
ORCHESTRA: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Neeme Jarvi
ARTISTS: Sara Troback Hesselink   Per Hogberg    

- May-2013 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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